HOW IT WORKS

CODE
You'll feel at ease coding with our kid-friendly tool. You have the freedom to make whatever you want.

Publish
Get instant feedback on your games.

PLAY
You'll play fun games while learning from peers in a safe, moderated environment.
Inspire passion for creation
MAKING apps and games is empowering and exciting

Find the right path for your kid
Whether art, games, sports, or stories, your kid will have the freedom to make things that appeal to them. Our open-ended tool is designed for kids aged 8 and older.

Get support at any level
Self-paced video tutorials teach your kid coding through making popular games, like Pokemon Go, Geometry Dash, drawing apps, and more.

Provide adaptive, educational fun
Your kid will never run out of ideas. As they become better programmers, Hopscotch will continue to inspire and challenge them to create increasingly advanced games and apps.
THE TEAM
We are parents,
scientists,
and educators.
Our mission is to create a programming environment that lets kids explore powerful ideas while making real software.

Jocelyn Leavitt
Jocelyn was a teacher at the Dalton School in NYC, and has been working with constructivist, experiential project-based learning since her undergraduate days. She wished she had known what engineering was as a kid; she started this company so other kids would. She grew up in Honolulu and her preferred state is oceanic immersion. She used to front a rock band and nothing can get between her and Chop’t.

Samantha John
Samantha fell in love with programming during her senior year at Columbia. Since then, she's been on a mission to introduce every kid to this amazing skill. She's been influenced by the likes of John Holt and Ivan Illich and cares deeply about empowering kids to learn on their own. She hails from the proud city of Detroit and can probably beat you barefoot in a marathon.

Ana Handley
Ana is the smiley face behind the Hopscotch hello email. She is a self-taught coder and game designer — she’s currently developing her own point and click adventure! She’s lived in six different countries and appropriately majored in International Relations. She joined Hopscotch because she thinks learning how to code is necessary in our changing world.
Rodrigo Tello
Mexican designer, bedroom musician, GIF maker. Originally educated as an architect, he started playing around with websites and computers by changing files’ extensions and opening them on a text editor when he was 11. Rodrigo believes the Internet can help us understand the world better and wants to make Hopscotch a tool for infinite creative expression.
PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND KIDS
Love Hopscotch
— Paul, ICT Teacher
— TheJanik4, family
— Winning Monkey, Hopscotcher
— Michelle, mom